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Abstract
The micromechanisms of fatigue fracture in bone cements were explored and characterized in this investigation. Fatigue crack initiation sites were identified and the microscopic features responsible for crack initiation are illustrated. Differences in the fracture morphology of PMMA beads, in early crack growth and rapid crack growth stages, are brought out. Based on the fractographic features, a micromechanism of PMMA bead fracture is proposed.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 7738071 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.820290214
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Biomed Mater Res ISSN: 0021-9304